Bengaluru: Man arrested in jewellery theft case, gold chains worth Rs 33.50 lakh recovered
Bengaluru (PTI): A man was arrested for allegedly cheating a city-based jewellery shop owner by misusing his employer’s name and fraudulently collecting seven gold chains worth Rs 33.50 lakh, police said on Friday.
The matter came to light when jewellery shop owner filed a complaint with the Bharathinagar police station on September 23, 2025, they said.
With the arrest of the accused identified as Dharamvir Singh, a native of Rajasthan, 239 grams of gold ornaments worth Rs 33.50 lakh were recovered from him.
According to police, the complainant alleged the the accused, who was working at another jewellery shop, allegedly visited his store claiming that his employer had instructed him to collect seven gold chains.
Trusting him, the shop owner handed over the ornaments. However, the accused neither delivered the chains to the said shop nor returned them, police said.
Acting on credible information, police secured the accused near Yeshwantpur Railway Station on February 19, 2026, a senior police officer said.
"During interrogation, he allegedly confessed that he had committed the offence with the intention of making quick money and had come to sell the stolen ornaments," he said.
The accused was produced before a court on February 20 and remanded to judicial custody.
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Tumkur: 24-year-old rider killed in car-bike head-on collision in Tiptur
Tiptur: A 24-year-old rider was killed on the spot in a head-on collision between his motorbike and a car near Bidiregudi of Kasaba hobli in the taluk.
The deceased rider, Vijay Kumar, was a resident of BL Koppalu Basaveshwara Nagara in Kasaba hobli, Arsikere taluk.
He was reportedly returning home after work at a welding factory near TM Manjunath Nagar Gate, Tiptur, when a car coming from the opposite direction collided with his bike near Bidiregudi. Vijay Kumar is said to have died at the spot due to the impact of the collision.
Locals have blamed the lack of signboards and other precautionary measures amid the construction of a four-lane national highway in the area, mainly between Bidiregudi and Konehalli. They have said that the carelessness of the National Highway Authorities of India (NHAI) has led to frequent accidents in the region.
“A meeting of officers from various government departments, including the police, was held recently under the chairmanship of the local legislator, but several NHAI officials were reportedly absent. Despite the meeting, officials appear careless in implementing safety measures, leading to a rise in accidents,” the locals said, demanding immediate action from the concerned authorities.
